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Benoît Poelvoorde is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Belge born on 22 september 1964 at Namur (Belgique)

Benoît Poelvoorde

Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde participated to 57 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 14 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

Astérix at the Olympic Games, 1h57
Directed by Thomas Langmann, Frédéric Forestier
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Asterix films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Benoît Poelvoorde, Franck Dubosc, Alain Delon, Vanessa Hessler
Roles Brutus
Rating52% 2.600262.600262.600262.600262.60026
Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Lovesix (Stéphane Rousseau) marry Princess Irina (portrayed by Vanessa Hessler). Brutus (Benoît Poelvoorde) uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar (Alain Delon) in the process, but fails.
Nothing to Declare, 1h48
Directed by Dany Boon
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Benoît Poelvoorde, Dany Boon, Karin Viard, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Julie Bernard
Roles Ruben Vandevoorde
Rating63% 3.1836353.1836353.1836353.1836353.183635
On 1 January 1993, two customs officers, one Belgian and the other French, have to deal with closure of their small customs post situated between Courquain in France and Koorkin in Belgium.
Podium
Podium (2004)
, 1h30
Directed by Yann Moix
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Paul Rouve, Julie Depardieu, Dominique Besnehard, Dominique Collignon-Maurin, Marie Guillard
Roles Bernard Frédéric
Rating63% 3.178653.178653.178653.178653.17865
Bernard Frédéric (Poelvoorde) is a mediocre bank executive, married and with a son. He used to have another profession: to be French star Claude François. Now, with the "Imitators Gala Night" coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing that makes him fully happy: the applause.
Coco Before Chanel, 1h50
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes La mode
Actors Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Claude Brécourt, Emmanuelle Devos
Roles Etienne Balsan
Rating67% 3.351913.351913.351913.351913.35191
Several years after leaving the orphanage where her father abandoned her, a young Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She is both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname 'Coco' from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with the charismatic Baron Balsan (Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde) gives her an entry into French high society, and a chance to develop her gift for designing increasingly popular hats.
Dead Weight, 1h47
Directed by Frédéric Forestier, Alain Berberian
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Prison films, Buddy films
Actors Gérard Lanvin, Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Djimon Hounsou, Rossy de Palma, Jean Benguigui
Roles Francis Reggio
Rating58% 2.9493352.9493352.9493352.9493352.949335
Moltès, a killer in prison, plays the lottery every week and sends the tickets with Reggio, a guard, so that the latter's wife, Pauline, can have them validated. One day the ticket is a winner, but Pauline is at a party rally in Africa, carrying the ticket with her. Moltès wanting to recover his due, escapes and forces Reggio (the ball) to accompany him. However, he becomes the target of his nemesis, another gangster nicknamed "The Turk" (whose brother was killed by Moltès), and his bodyguard named Requin, a giant with teeth of steel.
The Brand New Testament, 1h53
Directed by Jaco Van Dormael
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Black comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Poelvoorde, Pili Groyne, Yolande Moreau, François Damiens, Serge Larivière
Roles God
Rating70% 3.5402453.5402453.5402453.5402453.540245
God is real and lives in an apartment in Brussels, which he shares with his meek wife and his 10-year-old daughter Ea, to whom he is emotionally and physically abusive. God is a grumpy sadist who created mankind specifically to have something to torment. He manipulates reality via a personal computer, which he strictly forbids his family from accessing. One day, Ea sneaks into his office and discovers how He has been mistreating humans. This enrages God, who whips Ea with his belt.
Romantics Anonymous, 1h20
Directed by Jean-Pierre Améris
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films, Psychologie, Films about the labor movement
Actors Isabelle Carré, Benoît Poelvoorde, Lorella Cravotta, Jacques Boudet, Lise Lamétrie, Claude Aufaure
Roles Jean-René Van Den Hugde
Rating68% 3.441343.441343.441343.441343.44134
Angélique is a young French woman who suffers from social anxiety disorder and is afraid of just about everything. She regularly attends a support group for other people like her. Jean-René, who owns a small manufacturer of chocolate called the Chocolate Mill, also suffers from social anxiety, and is afraid of many things, particularly intimacy. The Chocolate Mill is failing because it makes a plain, old-fashioned kind of chocolate that no longer sells well.
Jean-Philippe, 1h30
Directed by Laurent Tuel
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Alternate history films
Actors Fabrice Luchini, Johnny Hallyday, Guilaine Londez, Benoît Poelvoorde, Antoine Duléry, Élodie Bollée
Roles Bernard Frédéric
Rating60% 3.02543.02543.02543.02543.0254
After an accident, Fabrice, a fan of Johnny Hallyday, falls into a coma. He wakes up in a parallel dimension in which "Johnny" (Jean-Philippe Smet) abandoned his singing career. He then convinces Jean-Philippe to become the rock star he should have been.
Mammuth
Mammuth (2010)
, 1h32
Directed by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Oren Moverman
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Motocyclette, Road movies
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani, Miss Ming, Benoît Poelvoorde, Philippe Nahon
Roles Le récupérateur de métal
Rating60% 3.044743.044743.044743.044743.04474
Serge Pilardosse (Depardieu), retires from the job he has held for many years, as a slaughterhouse worker in Lyon. His colleagues throw him an impromptu party and give him a gift, which he doesn't like. Once home, he becomes all too quickly restless and realizes that being retired is kind of boring, as he has nothing to do. Eventually his wife convinces him to go and see about claiming a pension.
The Big Night, 1h32
Directed by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Albert Dupontel, Yolande Moreau, Bouli Lanners, Brigitte Fontaine
Roles Benoît Bonzini, alias NOT
Rating59% 2.95082.95082.95082.95082.9508
Not is a notorious punk while his brother Jean-Pierre leads a square life as a salesman. One day Not realises that his brother needs some support. Jean-Pierre struggles with his job and also fails when he tries to save his marriage. Not teaches his brother to survive after all.
The Other Dumas, 1h45
Directed by Safy Nebbou
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Dominique Blanc, Mélanie Thierry, Catherine Mouchet, Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Roles Auguste Maquet
Rating62% 3.1392653.1392653.1392653.1392653.139265
February 1848. Alexandre Dumas (Gérard Depardieu) is at the height of his fame. He has withdrawn for a few days into the immense Château de Monte-Cristo near Le Port-Marly, that he is building. There he works with his collaborator, Auguste Maquet, (Benoît Poelvoorde). If the books bear Dumas' name, the tiring work undertaken by Maquet is colossal. Nevertheless, for ten years, Maquet has remained in the great man's shadow and never challenged his supremacy. When a quarrel breaks out between the two men, after Maquet passes himself off as Dumas in order to seduce Charlotte (Mélanie Thierry), - a crucial question presents itself: what is the exact part each man has in the work's success. Who is the father of d'Artagnan, and of Monte Cristo? In short, who is really the author? Their relationship, so peaceful until this point is placed in doubt and topples over into confrontation. And not far away, in Paris, a revolution is building which will seal the fate of another relationship—that of Louis-Philippe— with the people of France.
My Worst Nightmare, 1h43
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Huppert, André Dussollier, Virginie Efira, Samir Guesmi, Aurélien Recoing
Roles Patrick
Rating59% 2.981622.981622.981622.981622.98162
Agathe is a successful art dealer who lives with her husband François and their son Adrien in a wealthy quarter of Paris. Unfortunately Adrien is an underachiever at his school and Agathe cannot bother François into leaving the flat for parent-teacher conferences. Moreover the family has an abandoned construction site in their flat. The situation gets stirred up when Adrien befriends a classmate who has a rather dubious social background. His friend is raised by a single father named Patrick who has neither a proper home nor tact. Although Agathe is obviously distressed by Patrick's unpolished behaviour, her husband François just hires him to take care of the overdue repairs. François and Patrick even become friends. Then François hits successfully on a woman Patrick had wanted for himself and leaves Agathe. Patrick and Agathe are both left back. Agathe develops empathy for this man who au contraire to her husband is dedicated to do everything necessary to make sure his son can attend a respected school.
Laughter and Punishment, 1h34
Directed by Isabelle Doval
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors José Garcia, Laurent Lucas, Philippe Uchan, Isabelle Doval, Benoît Poelvoorde, Véronique Picciotto
Roles Le prof de secourisme
Rating56% 2.846522.846522.846522.846522.84652
Vincent est un ostéopathe bourré d'énergie. Avec ses patients, ses amis et sa femme, il ne cesse de plaisanter et d'en faire des tonnes. Épuisée par la vie aux côtés d'un homme qui ne l'écoute jamais, Camille décide de le quitter. Une catastrophe n'arrivant jamais seule, Vincent découvre le soir même que ses facéties peuvent parfois déclencher de véritable drames. Tiraillé entre sa nature hilarante et sa sensibilité soigneusement enfouie, Vincent va devoir dompter son humour pour gagner son bonheur.
Sink or Swim, 1h57
Directed by Gilles Lellouche
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films
Actors Mathieu Amalric, Benoît Poelvoorde, Guillaume Canet, Virginie Efira, Philippe Katerine, Jean-Hugues Anglade
Roles Marcus
Rating68% 3.449393.449393.449393.449393.44939
Sept hommes de diverses générations « cabossés » par la vie (dépression, échec professionnel ou familial...) vont reprendre goût à la vie en s'investissant dans leur équipe de natation synchronisée. En prévision des championnats du monde organisés en Norvège, ils sont pris en charge par deux coachs ex-championnes, Delphine, alcoolique, et Amanda, une sportive paraplégique.